Prince Andrew gives up all titles including Duke of York: Live updates

“All feelings of sadness and shame overtook me. I was sick of the nightmares; greedy, heaving men on top of me, men whose faces I recognized and would never forget. I felt hollowed out,” she wrote. Giuffre did not identify the men in the extracts published.

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The brother of sexual abuse accuser Virginia Giuffre has urged King Charles to strip Prince Andrew of his ‘prince’ title.

“We would call on the King to potentially go ahead and take out the ‘prince’ in the Andrew,” Sky Roberts told Newsnight on Friday.

“I think it’s so important for the world to know how much of a hero she was, but how much of the stone is still left unturned to some degree. This is just one step of many,” he says.

Mr Roberts said his sister, who committed suicide in April, would be “very proud” of the latest development regarding Andrew.

He said he would welcome any contact with the King.

Prince Andrew took additional flights on paedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet four times, documents published just hours after Andrew announced he would stop using his titles show.

The flight logs reveal that Andrew flew from Luton to Edinburgh on 1 September 2006, with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, as well as a flight on 12 May 2000, where he is named as travelling with Epstein, Maxwell, celebrity chef Adam Perry Lang, a bodyguard and three others.

The Independent’s political editor David Maddox reports:

Downing Street has issued a statement denying suggestions that Sir Keir Starmer asked the King Charles to take action over Prince Andrew.

Rumours had been circulating that the decision to strip the prince of his titles including the Duke of York, followed a conversation between the PM and monarch.

The two discuss state business almost weekly but there has been a firm denial that Prince Andrew was part of the conversation.

A Downing Street spokesperson said: “This story is entirely false. The Palace informed government of the intention to act. No pressure was applied in either direction.”

There had been ongoing concerns over continued stories regarding the prince’s historic friendship with financier and convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Added to that a number of MPs had wished to raise the concerns in parliament about the issues surrounding demands the prince faces trial in the US over his alleged sexual relationship with the late Virginia Giuffre when she was under-age according to US law.

A York MP welcomed Prince Andrew’s decision to give up his titles, and called for it to be removed altogether.

Rachael Maskell, independent MP for York Central, told the BBC: “We need to ensure that we close that chapter by ensuring in the future those titles can be removed.”

Although Andrew is relinquishing his dukedom, he still technically retains it – and it can only be removed by an Act of Parliament.

Britain is still very much in need of a monarchy, and the purging of Prince Andrew will help it to continue its important role, says Anthony Seldon:

Andrew will no longer join the King and the rest of the royal family at Christmas at Sandringham, which prevents him from strolling to church on Christmas Day in full public view, greeting wellwishers.

He will also no longer act as a Royal Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter, meaning he will not be able to take part in the annual Garter service inside Windsor Castle each June, having previously been banned from the outdoor procession.

He will also not be able to wear the Garter robes he was seen in at Charles’s coronation.

After giving up his royal titles, Prince Andrew remains 8th in line for the throne.

Andrew says that he will no longer use his titles, like the Duke of York.

But as the son of the late queen, he remains a prince and therefore in the line of succession.

The line of succession before Andrew is as follows:

2. Prince George of Wales

3. Princess Charlotte of Wales

6. Prince Archie of Sussex

7. Princess Lilibet of Sussex